hobby

See also Hobby

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒbi

Etymology 1

Shortened from hobby-horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn, hobin (“small horse, pony”), from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin ("a nag, hobby"; > Modern French aubin, Italian ubino), of Germanic origin: from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hop, hobble.

The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of Robert or Robin (compare dobbin).

Noun

Wikipedia hobby (plural hobbies)

1. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

   I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.

2. (horses) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby

Synonyms

• (activity done for enjoyment in spare time): avocation, pastime

Derived terms

• hobbyist n

Related terms

• hobbyhorse n
• hobelar/hobeler

Translations

activity done for enjoyment in spare time

• Arabic: هواية (ar) (hiwāya) f
• Belarusian: хобі (be) (xóbi) n
• Bulgarian: хоби (bg) (hóbi) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛好 (cmn), 爱好 (cmn) (àihào), 嗜好 (cmn) (shìhào)

• Czech: koníček (cs) m, hobby (cs) n
• Danish: hobby (da) n
• Dutch: hobby f, vrijetijdsbesteding f
• Esperanto: ŝatokupo (eo), hobio (eo)
• Finnish: harrastus (fi), harraste (fi), mieliharrastus (fi)
• French: passe-temps (fr) m, hobby (fr) m
• Georgian: აჩემებული რამ (ačemebuli ram)
• German: Hobby (de) n, Steckenpferd (de) n
• Greek: χόμπυ (el) (chóbi) n, χόμπι (el) (chóbi) n, πάρεργο (el) (párergo) n
• Hebrew: תחביב (he) (takhviv) m
• Hindi: शौक़ (hi) (śauq) m
• Indonesian: hobbi, kegemaran
• Interlingua: hobby, passatempore
• Italian: hobby (it) m, passatempo (it) m

• Japanese: 趣味 (ja) (しゅみ, shumi)
• Khmer: ការប្រកបអ្វីមួយជាការកំសាន្ដ (kaa prɑkɑɑp ’vǝy muə yɔɔ cie kaa kɑm saan)
• Korean: 취미 (ko) (chwimi)
• Latin: oblectatio (la) f, voluptas (la) f, delicium (la) n
• Maori: mahi tākaro (mi), runaruna (mi)
• Persian: سرگرمی (fa) (sargarmi)
• Polish: hobby (pl)
• Portuguese: passatempo m, hobby m
• Russian: хобби (ru) (xóbbi) n (indeclinable), увлечение (ru) (uvlečénije) n, конёк (ru) (konjók) (favourite topic, area of expertise)
• Scots: habby
• Serbo-Croatian: hobi (sh) m, хоби (sh) m
• Spanish: pasatiempo (es) m, hobby (es) m, afición (es) f
• Swedish: hobby (sv)
• Thai: งานอดิเรก (th) (ngaan-a-dì-ràyk)
• Turkish: hobi (tr), merak (tr)
• Ukrainian: хобі (uk) (xóbi) n
• Urdu: مشغله (ur) (maśġla) f
• Vietnamese: sở thích riêng (vi)
• Volapük: löfäl, livüpajäf (vo)

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Old French hobet, from Medieval Latin hobētus, diminutive of hobe.

Noun

hobby (plural hobbies)

1. Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 323:

     He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.

Derived terms

• African hobby, Falco cuvierii
• Australian hobby, Falco longipennis
• Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
• Oriental hobby, Falco severus

Translations

Falco subbuteo

• Finnish: nuolihaukka (fi)
• French: hobereau (fr) m
• Hungarian: kabasólyom (hu)
• Italian: falco (it) m, falcone (it) m
• Korean: 새홀리기 (saeholligi)

• Manx: shirragh corranagh (gv) m
• Polish: kobuz (pl) m
• Russian: чеглок (ru) (čeglók) m
• Spanish: alcotán m

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Czech

Noun

hobby n

1. hobby (activity)

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Danish

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Noun

hobby c (singular definite hobbyen, plural indefinite hobbyer)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• fritidsinteresse

Inflection

    Inflection of hobby

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	hobby	hobbyen	hobbyer	hobbyerne
genitive	hobbys	hobbyens	hobbyers	hobbyernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

hobby m (plural hobby's, diminutive hobby'tje)

1. hobby (activity)

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Finnish

Noun

hobby

1. hobby (activity)

Declension

Declension of hobby (type valo) singular plural nominative hobby hobbyt genitive hobbyn hobbyjen partitive hobbya hobbyja accusative hobby hobbyn hobbyt inessive hobbyssa hobbyissa elative hobbysta hobbyista illative hobbyyn hobbyihin adessive hobbylla hobbyilla ablative hobbylta hobbyilta allative hobbylle hobbyille essive hobbyna hobbyina translative hobbyksi hobbyiksi instructive – hobbyin abessive hobbytta hobbyitta comitative – hobbyineen

Synonyms

• harrastus

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French

Etymology

from English

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies) (alternative plural hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• passe-temps

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Interlingua

Noun

hobby

1. hobby (activity)

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Italian

Noun

hobby m (invariable)

1. hobby (activity)
2. (in the plural) hobbies

Related terms

• hobbysto
• hobbystico

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Polish

Noun

hobby

1. hobby (activity)

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Portuguese

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies or hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

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Spanish

Etymology

From English.

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

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Swedish

Noun

hobby c

1. hobby (activity)